Trunk - don't walk away as once you are a certain distance the car loses contact with your key fob and then stops (safety reasons is my guess). Feature of Comfort Access.
That doesn't make sense. There is already a safety mechanism that stops the gate when it hits something. The driver can close the trunk and while it's closing they can walk over and stick their head in the frunk, so definitely not supervising the close. It makes no sense to require the fob proximity when closing. If they wanted paranoid level of supervision, they would require the driver hold the trunk button on the back for the entire duration of the closing - that would insure the driver is in fact supervising the closing and even if the driver is knocked out by trunk lid, they will pass out on the ground letting go of the button - a dead-man-switch approach. This is the kind of feature design which I don't like, not completely thought out, possibly a result of some design by committee where someone wanted a dead-man-switch and other didn't want any, so they compromised with "fob must be in proximity". I see this kind of approach in the industry lately, where "everyone's idea must be included" which result in compromise solutions nobody likes, feels ownership or is proud of (except for the "we incorporated everyone's ideas, look how inclusive we are" crowd).
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Explanation works for me...your back is turned as you walk away and so on.That doesn't make sense. There is already a safety mechanism that stops the gate when it hits something. The driver can close the trunk and while it's closing they can walk over and stick their head in the frunk, so definitely not supervising the close. It makes no sense to require the fob proximity when closing. If they wanted paranoid level of supervision, they would require the driver hold the trunk button on the back for the entire duration of the closing - that would insure the driver is in fact supervising the closing and even if the driver is knocked out by trunk lid, they will pass out on the ground letting go of the button - a dead-man-switch approach. This is the kind of feature design which I don't like, not completely thought out, possibly a result of some design by committee where someone wanted a dead-man-switch and other didn't want any, so they compromised with "fob must be in proximity". I see this kind of approach in the industry lately, where "everyone's idea must be included" which result in compromise solutions nobody likes, feels ownership or is proud of (except for the "we incorporated everyone's ideas, look how inclusive we are" crowd).
A long time ago I remember talking with some people about Lexus vs. Toyota. I used to tell people that a Lexus is a finished Toyota. One example was changing the screens into night mode. For example, in a Toyota, it was tied to the headlights - whenever headlights were turned on, whether manually or via light sensor, the screen went dark. In a Lexus they were independent functions, so if you turned on your headlights for example, but if it was still bright out, the screen did not go dark (it would only do that if you manually switched it or if it got dark outside). Guess what happens in a Taycan
Your back can be turned when you go back to the car, walk to the frunk, or simply turn around. Requiring fob proximity for close to complete only prevents one many reasons why your back could be turned, so at the very least it's an incomplete/ineffective solution, so why bother at all given it comes at a cost of inconvenience. It would be like adding an armored safe door mounted in a thin glass wall - protects you only against someone trying to punch through the door, adds inconvenience for insignificant amount of benefit.
For the short time it takes to close or close it manually I'm quite happy to hang around. On the sedan it is ridiculous in the first instance to have a powered trunk unless a CT or ST where some justification can be made.
Mine is a CT so cannot comment on the sedan, but when road tripping, the back of the car gets the most dirt, so powered trunk is very useful to keep your hands from getting wet/dirty opening and closing it. Here is mine during last week's road trip. It started in pristine condition as the road-trip started at the dealer where I picked it up, all detailed and shiny.
), so the powered trunk usecase is of little use to those users.
Hey, I cannot seem to find the “side view” button. I have the others, including 3D. What an I missing?Kerb view is part of the Park Assist package(s). Cars with 360 pano view or higher (e.g. Remote Park Assist with 3D) will have a side view of the car displayed from each door mounted camera and a solid blue line to denote the safe distance from the wheel(s) to the kerb.
On the camera display you will see a solid blue line on the left and right-hand side views. When parking and your Park Assist is active simply tap the sideview icon to display.
I've not had any issues with losing settings either so perhaps you have a gremlin somewhere.
Locking - been discussed on the forum some while back but the operation is as per any other Porsche and not unique to the Taycan (in fact most non-EV features are not unique to the Taycan). Folding of mirrors also doesn't occur when the car has been unlocked and no door, frunk or trunk has been opened within 45 secs. The car will lock but the mirrors remain retraced - I assume to make you aware that the car has either been unlocked or not locked. Same when performed via the app which takes to long to operate in any case to be of any use.
Moisture on the door sensors / fingers can be an issue but your particular use cases sound like you have a general software issue which may be solved by a hard reset of the PCM (via 12v battery disconnect).
Not sure. Can you send an image of your PCM with Park Assist active?Mine is a CT so cannot comment on the sedan, but when road tripping, the back of the car gets the most dirt, so powered trunk is very useful to keep your hands from getting wet/dirty opening and closing it. I get that some people keep their Taycans in pristine clean condition, but I guess those people don’t drive a lot in the first place, so probably don't use the trunk much (unless they converted it into a beer storage for their garage, if the Taycan’s primary function is to be a mancave decoration
Hey, I cannot seem to find the “side view” button. I have the others, including 3D. What an I missing?
Ok so you don't have it. My guess is that as you have the 3D spinning view, Porsche must have thought that was sufficient (which it isn't).
No, no idea - Guessing probably not
